[R.O. 2008 § 135.130; R.O 2007
§ 135.890; Ord. No. 2069 §§ 3 – 6, 9-15-1992; Ord. No. 5690 § 1, 3-24-2011]
A. All business entities contracting with
the City of O'Fallon for construction, repairs, maintenance and service
projects funded with tax revenues of the City of O'Fallon are encouraged
and urged, to the extent possible, to employ residents of the City
of O'Fallon to work on such projects, and are further encouraged to
urge their subcontractors to employ City of O'Fallon residents to
work on such projects.
B. The City of O'Fallon will encourage all
contractors and subcontractors on City funded projects to implement
the policy recommendation of the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship,
United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration,
and shall include the following language in bid specifications issued
by the City:
The City seeks to ensure that the
highest quality workmanship will be performed on its projects and
to do so, encourages bidders to use workmen on the project who have
satisfactorily completed apprenticeship programs developed and operated
in accordance with the policy recommendation, dated January 28, 1992,
of the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workbased Learning,
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (the "Policy Recommendation").
All bidders are required to certify in their bids the percentage of
their workmen for the project which have satisfactorily completed
such a program for the type of work they will be performing.